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Plesner's Search and Seizure Manual

In recent years, national and international authorities have intensified enforcement activities across multiple regulatory areas, including capital markets law (securities trading, market abuse, insider trading, price manipulation), anti-corruption, and anti-money laundering. This heightened enforcement focus requires companies to be well-prepared for the procedural aspects of criminal investigations, particularly when facing search and seizure operations by law enforcement authorities.

Non-compliance with regulations now carry not only economic sanctions but increasingly criminal penalties. Recent developments demonstrate authorities' intensified enforcement approach, resulting in substantial fines and sanctions imposed on both companies and their management for violations of corporate criminal legislation.

This enforcement trend makes it essential for companies to understand and prepare for criminal investigation procedures to protect their interests and ensure proper due process.

Plesner provides comprehensive guidance to companies facing both announced and unannounced visits by the National Unit for Special Crime (NSK) and other law enforcement agencies. We have developed a detailed search and seizure manual (available in Danish and English) containing step-by-step guidelines for companies on how to respond before, during, and after search and seizure operations. The manual covers searches conducted by NSK and police in matters involving violations of commercial legislation, including the Danish Anti-Money Laundering Act, the Danish Capital Markets Act/MAR, tax laws, as well as criminal offences such as bribery, fraud, and criminal breach of trust.

For matters involving competition law issues, our EU and Competition Law specialists provide specialised assistance.

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